Satyricon

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• Publisher: Alma Classics
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781847496621
• eBook ISBN: 9780714546117
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Classics
• Index: Literature

Documenting the colourful escapades of the former gladiator Encolpius and his less than faithful lover Giton, the "e;Satyricon"e; plunges the reader into the lives of ordinary Roman citizens, vividly revealing the Empire's seamy underbelly. A host of unforgettable characters are satirically presented, such as Trimalchio, the pretentious parvenu host, in a memorable banquet scene, the lascivious priestess Quartilla and the narrator's unreliable, roguish friend Ascyltus. Sometimes referred to as the first novel - although surviving only in fragments - this bawdy, picaresque and surprisingly modern narrative is considered one of the founding masterpieces of Western literature.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Note on the Text
• Acknowledgements
• Satyricon
• Poems
• From the Fragments
• Appendices
• Appendix 1: Before our Text Begins
• Appendix 2: The Main Characters in the Satyricon
• Appendix 3: Tacitus on Petronius
• Appendix 4: Some Later Mentions of Petronius’s work
• Appendix 5: Two Earlier English Versions of the Satyricon
• Appendix 6: Fellini-Satyricon
• Notes